Bee deaths may signal food threat, U.N. says - Urges Farmers to set aside habitats

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Bee deaths may signal food threat, U.N. says - U.S. news - Environment - msnbc.com http://t.co/kNbDJPv via @msnbc

...Bees and other pollinators such as butterflies, beetles or birds are estimated to do work worth $212 billion a year to the human economy -- about 9.5 percent of the total value of human food production, it said...

The report urged a shift towards ecological farming, less dependent on insecticides and more resilient to threats such as climate change. Food prices have hit record levels and are one factor behind uprisings in Egypt or Tunisia...

Neumann also urged more research into insects, noting that charismatic animals such as polar bears won most attention as victims of global warming. "Insects are usually not cute but they are the backbone of ecosystems," he said.

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